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May 15, 2007
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Carbon Offsetting: A Best Practice Guide
Blogger Amy Sims of Global Action Plan offers some useful advice on why you should be careful when offsetting carbon emissions. (BusinessGreen) Read more... This Week's Top Climate Stories JPMorgan Goes Public with Climate Change Research In an effort to heighten the awareness and understanding of climate change as it relates to financial markets, JPMorgan's research department is making its analysis on the subject publicly available online. (Press Release) Read more... Yahoo Puts Marketing Muscle into Climate Campaign Yahoo Inc. aims to wield its power as the biggest U.S. Internet media company to encourage millions of consumers to take basic steps to help the environment as part of its corporate push to confront global warming. (Reuters via Planet Ark) Read more... Drive to Cut Emissions Creates Jobs Engine The challenge of global warming is moving from rhetoric to the workplace, creating jobs as governments, businesses, and environmental groups create markets aimed at reducing greenhouse gases. (New York Times) Read more... Tourism Industry Set to Battle Climate Change The world's leading tourism companies are trying to agree on ways to fight climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions from hotels, cruise ships, and airliners, the head of a major tourism association has said. (Reuters via Planet Ark) Read more... Deloitte Offers Employees Carbon-Offset Credit Card Both carbon neutral and made of recycled plastic, the new corporate charge card is aimed at offsetting some of the ecological impact of the goods and services bought by the company using it. (GAAP Web) Read more... Media Magnate Rupert Murdoch Pledges Greenhouse Gas Cuts News Corp., the world's biggest media group, has made a commitment to cutting its global carbon emissions to zero within three years. (ABC [Australia]) Read more... IBM Shifts $1 Billion into Effort to Green Data Centers In a sign that environmental sensibilities are informing business strategies, IBM Corp. is spending $1 billion to spread technologies and services that could make corporate computing centers more energy efficient. (Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News) Read more... Survey: 77% of Decision Makers See Need for Chief Energy Officer Seventy-seven percent of business decision makers believe there is a need to expand the C-Suite to include a Chief Energy Officer to manage, implement, and measure a company’s return on investment in environmental technology, according to a new global survey. (Environmental Leader) Read more... 31 U.S. States to Track Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Industry The new program could be a precursor to multi-state market trading programs akin to the one set up by the European Union as part of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. (L.A. Times) Read more... Citigroup Commits $50 Billion to Climate-Conscious Projects America's largest bank says it plans to commit $50 billion to environmental projects over the next decade, the biggest commitment from Wall Street to address climate change. (Reuters via Planet Ark) Read more... U.S. Climate Action Partnership Doubles Membership AIG, Alcan, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemical, GM, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and Shell are just a few of the major companies to join the group, which is calling for the federal government to enact national legislation to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. (Press Release) Read more... |
Eco-Advantage Live!
Watch for our upcoming national tour of Eco-Advantage Salons, hosted and moderated by Andrew Winston. Join our mailing list to learn more... Climate Experts Speak! Carbon Management in Large Companies Ethical Corporation climate change editor Zara Maung speaks with Belinda Howell, CEO of Greenstone Carbon Management, about emissions reduction, offsetting, and tips for business. (Run Time: 15 Min.) Listen now... Reality Check: Climate Change How much attention is being paid to climate change in your organization? How much of a change is this from six months ago? What is your organization doing, or planning to do about it? Join the discussion! Calculate Your Carbon Emissions Pocket protectors ready! Geek out with these climate-cool emissions calculators. Cool It! Travel Calculator Determine your CO2 emissions from a single auto or airplane trip (distance calculator included). SafeClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator Estimate your carbon emissions footprint from both home energy consumption and transportation via car and plane. Solution Providers |
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